good morning. talk of tragedy. >> and when i think about this boy, i think about my own kids. >> president obama speaks in unusually personal term about the trayvon martin case, ts as we hear the gunman's voice since the night of the incident and what may have happened the night the 17-year-old was killed. guilty. a florida millionaire who was convicted in a drunk driving case made headlines when he adopted his adult girlfriend. and help wanted, queen

elizabeth is hiring a right-hand royal man. we'll take a look add the ad that has hundreds of applying. we'll find out what it takes to become the queen's butler. today is saturday, march 24, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a saturday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm amy robach. >> the president was asked about the trayvon martin case, and he weighed in for the first time about the young man's death, calling it a tragedy and expressing sim paly for trayvon's parents. >> and now an attorney for george zimmerman is offering new details about that night, and while zimmerman remains in hiding, we'll hear his voice on a message he left for a neighbor and we'll share that message coming up. and then a search for

sierra. they comb her house and backyard for clues. see area hasn't been seen for a week. her parents won't give up on finding her. we'll have the latest. plus, getting out of jury duty. some people, many complain about having to fulfill civic duty. you won't believe how a colorado woman got caught and what she's facing. >> i remember being called. listening to the excuses, i wanted to go, judge, are you really buying this? are you kidding me? >> sometimes it works. sometimes it doesn't. help wanted. the queen is searches for a new staff. she's searching for a new butler. we do want to begin with the investigation of the death of trayvon martin, learning more about whatted the night the florida teen was kill. ron allen has a live update for us from florida. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, lester. there is now someone speaking out for george zimmerman, an attorney named craig sonner who's based in nearby orlando. he says that zimmerman has been cooperating with authorities and that he still maintains that he shot trayvon martin that night in self-defense. he said that zimmerman was injured that night, that he has a broken nose and that he also was injured in the back of his head, implying that he was on the ground attacked by trayvon martin. he said zimmerman is under arrest. he says zimmerman remains in hiding because he's very concerned about death threats. still, he remains silent except for a message he left on a phone for a neighbor, it was recorded by nbc's "dateline" sunday. >> i wanted to thank you for doing everything you've been doing. i know you don't have to, and i

appreciate it. i'll talk to you soon. thanks. >> i advised him to stay out of the public as much as he can. i can't say where he is because i don't know. >> reporter: the attorney also went to gret lengths to say zimmerman is not a racist and this incident has nothing to do with the color of trayvon martin's skin. he says he doesn't know where zimmerman is, he hasn't looked for him and he's not trying to be in touch with him face to face. he says he hasn't talked with zimmerman about the details of the case or what happened achlt this point the main issue is about zimmerman's protection. it's taken on a few phase. special prosecutors of the governor's office haas taken over to try to get an assessment of what happened between zimmerman and trayvon martin. >> ron allen, thank you. melissa harris-perry.

host of the miliselissa harris-y show. >> my main message is for the parents of trayvon martin. if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. you know, think thi think they t to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness that it deserves and that we're going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. >> melissa, we should point out the president had to be careful with his words because of the criminal investigation and federal investigation going on with this. but did we need to hear from the president? >> i think so. maybe initially we didn't need to, but the fact that it's moved into something of a social movement, i think it's appropriate that the president addressed it and calling for a sense of empathy, all citizens, all of us who have kids. i have a young daughter, but in

a hoodie, she looks like trayvon. the vulnerability of our children walking the streets, doing nothing wrong, with a bag of skittles could be killed. >> he also talked about a need for soul searching and that could mean a lot of things. it could be about assumptions, pr prejudices, and emotions. >> i think there are several different layers that we should be soul searching. one would be gun laws, what actually keeps our safe. also there's some soul searching here around issues of race. we don't know yet whether this will be a hate crime wlrks or not this will bring it under the jurisdiction of the department of justice. it might very well might not ever, but think there's plenty of reasons to believe thission man was profiled either because of his youth, race, clothing, but in some way assumptions were

made by mr. zimmerman about trayvon martin. >> we're all making assumptions in terms of what happened or didn't happen. the hoodie, it's become a symbol. it was highlighted by geraldo rivera on fox. he said one of the reasons trayvon was singled out was perhaps because of a hoodie. i want to play what he had to say and the reactions of it. or maybe we won't. but he -- >> i am urging the parents of black and latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies. i think the hoodie is as much responsible for trayvon martin's death as george zimmerman was. you have to recognize that this whole stylizing yourself as a gangster, you're going to be a gangster wannabe, well, people are going to perceive you as a menace. >> he took some flack for what he said and he responded on

twitter. he wrote, my own son said he's ashamed of my position regarding hoodies, still i believe parents must do what they can to keep their kids safe. >> i thivg it is unreasonable to suggest that a kid walking in the rain couldn't put his hood up, particularly knowing that this young person was in no way styling himself as a gangster, that he's a young man wearing a hoodie. i'm sure that nbc has hoodies for many of our employees. it's not a gangster style. but even if it were, that's akin to saying a women wearing a short skit who's the victim of sexual assault should be. >> let's talk about the call for justice. it's been loud in this case. given the emotionings can we sit back and let the process work through? >> once there's an arrest of mr. zimmerman. he deserves presumption of

innocence, a trial by his peers, a defense by his attorney. all are appropriate for americans in our gist it is system. i think what we've seen here is nearly a month when this man has gone completely free. can we imagine an outcome of justice? yes and no. nothing will ever bring back this young man who was slain while unarmed. but can we at least imagine that zimmerman will be held accountable even if in the end he's not not guilty? yes, and think there's nothing that will lead to anything but justice except the arrest. >> you mentioned the stand your ground law. i should note i spoke to the sponsor of that bill of 5 years ago and he said that was not the intent of the legislature. he didn't think it applies in this case. one man's opinion but interesting to point out. melissa, thanks so much. goo to have you on. now to amy. now to the formal charges that led to 16 afghan women and

children dead and others wounded. we have the latest. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. staff sergeant robert bales begins his second week as an inmate at ft. leavenworth but now he faces charges, charges that could bring the maximum penalty of death. the formal charges are as blunt and as brutal as the crimes he's accused of, that he did with premeditation murder 17 afghan civilians and attempted to murder six others. in a separate charge, there are grisly details where he injured one girl with a gunshot wound to the head. he's being held in solitary confinement. he's told his attorney that he has only spotty memory of the night of the shootings.

>> he's very emotional. he's holding up okay. he's kind of like a deer in the headlights. >> reporter: defense attorney john henry brown has suggested an untreated head injury, he says, bales suffered in iraq may explain the shooting rampage. but there are indications of questionable behavior even before he saw combat, for example a 202 tacoma, warks police report when they say bales attacked a security guard. charges were dropped after he complete 20 hours of anger management training. his attorney questions how much information the government has. >> there's no crime scene, there's no dna, there's no ballistics. >> reporter: military officials say there's plenty of evidence. shell indications gathered at the scene, surveillance video, his bloody uniforms and six

potential witnesses. military law experts say getting after fwans to testify could billion a challenge. >> we don't have the power to d dictate the presence of nonresident aliens to come to the united states. >> reporter: military courts are different from the civilian justice system and analysts say bales' road to trial may not be speedy. >> it may be many, many months before we see case like this go to trial. >> reporter: he may soon be moved there, which may put him closer to his wife. amy? >> john yank thank you. a programming note, monday on "today," staff sergeant bales' wife karilyn will speak out for the first time in an exclusive interview with matt lauer. we now want to get a look at this morning's headlines and

wnbc's darlene rodriguez with the headlines. good morning. >> good morning, lester, good morning, everyone. president obama is addressing a threat that he calls the gravest of all. he's headed to south korea where he will dwakter with leaders. and rick santorum is looking to louisiana for a rebound as republican voters go to the poll today to pick a presidential candidate. he's expected to do well. a win over mitt romney would serve as a reminder that he suffers especially in the south. and former governor jon corzine may have been telling lies about the financial collapse of mf global. there was a lease of damage e-mail on friday, stating that he never used brokerage funds to save the company. a discarded chunk of a

rocket missed the space station today but it came close enough to force six astronauts including two merchs to get into escape rockets in case they had to come back to earth. well, if you like us, you should put a tiny collar on it. a pint-sized puppy named beyonce is surviving. at almost two weeks a s old, sh the size of an iphone. finally, this toddler is a real little dancing machine. he gets his inspiration from his parents. they're dancers. he took the floor and wowed everyone with his version of the jive done to elvis presley's jailhouse rock. the dance studio posted it on youtube. it took off. so far 2.7 million people have seen it and like a true

performer, he took a bow. that's the news. back to lester, amy, and bill. >> it could simply mean he needed to have his diaper changed. >> he's got moves on the dance floor. that's hilarious. >> too much, too much. >> the end us was the best. >> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with a check of your forecast. >> take a bow for the weather. >> i don't know if i should. i know, it's over. a little tear in the eye. here's what's going on all around the country. finally we're launching the storm system. the areas in the east coast are not going to be as warm as they were. we're still going to be pretty warm out there. what's amazing about this march, take a look at these numbers. we have spread across our country 6 thousand record high this month alone. we've only had 253 record lows. a ratio of 2-1. that's another indication of how

unusual and how historical this record heat has been, this late winter/early spring season. today we're going to see a chance of stormy weather on the east coast. also california get ready for the rain. middle of the country, and here's a look at how your weekend is starting in the north bay. you can see the light rain hitting the coast there. a little bit of light rain reaching oakland down to hayward. and in san jose, still dry right now, breezy though. you can see the moisture coming in from the south. that's going to be the story of the day. slow moving rain drop that is will eventually work their way inland throughout midday. it will be a cool day in the bay, highs in the low 50s. winds 15 to 30 miles per hour. and then for tomorrow, more showers and then clearing heading into monday. , 78 degrees. and that's your weekend frachlt lester? >> bill karins, thanks. now to the sex abuse scandal at penn state. jerry sandusky, the school's former acities tanlt football coach is facing trial.

nbc news has obtained exclusive new details showing details about sandusky more than a decade ago. nike aae aae aal michael isikoff reports. >> this was behavior consistent with a male predator, a pedophile. >> reporter: psychologist lisa chambers warned penn state police 134 years ago that his behavior fit a likely pedophile's pattern. nbc news has obtained the 1978 internal police files investigating sandusky for showering naked and bear hugging a boy in the camp locker room. the boy was chambers' client, who she interviewed the day after tins accident. he's now known as victim 6, one of ten allegedly abused by

sandusky. >> i wish you could see the precious little fis and the tiny little boy that appeared before me. >> reporter: speaking for the first time with the family's permission, chambers releases new details. >> after they finished lifting waktds and they were sitting, was told that mr. sandusky kissed him on the head and said i love you. >> reporter: chambers wrote a report for the police, highli t highlighting graphics. >> i warned them of the typical grooming behavior. >> reporter: but a second psychologist brought in by police never read chambers' report, found there was no evidence, a finding that sandusky's lawyer hopes to use in his defense. that's why the psychologist told police he even about never heard of a 52-year-old man becoming a ped fight. the police hid in a bedroom.

mom, did your private parts touch when you bear hummed him. sandusky, i don't think so. maybe. momming have you ton dun this with other boys. sandusky, yes. moments later rmgts i would i could be dead. >> we shows it to walter cohen, a former attorney general. he said cowan should have been placed on a list of suspected child abuse. >> jerry sandusky should have been put on a watch list, but instead the case was closed. >> the police files went unheated. chambers said she was stunned last year when police contacted her when prosecutors charged san doesky with more than 50 counts of sex abuse. >> i was horrified to know that there were so many other enoh

sent bows who had been subject to this, who have had their hearts and minds confused, their bodies violated. it's unspeakable. >> reporter: for today, michael isikoff, nbc news, washington. 20 minutes after the hour. once again, here's amy. lester, thank you. many people joke about making up stories to get out of jury duty, but a woman in colorado was accused of taking it a step further and now she face very serious dons kwenss. here's nbc's nick bogart. >> i just want to make exception. >> reporter: she called herself shar from denver but it was susan cole who called a the radio station to brag about dodge injury duty. >> i put bright red lipstick on, had my hair in curlers and put

on a t-shirt that said 'ask me about my bestseller". >> reporter: and she wore reindeer socks and mismatched socks. >> when they asked me about domestic issues, i said i have them. >> reporter: she said she has mental disorders. she left the courthouse glad to be dismissed. then she sounded amused. >> for about two weeks every time me and my roommates would talk about it we would cry we were crying so hard. >> reporter: the judge was not amused. >> the defense h have to try toll show she didn't lie about a materiel fact. >> cole claimed she was rushed and scattered but not lying adding she wrote a self-help book under the name of charcoal

to deal with stress disorder. >> the military kept nebraska me inside for tiev days. >> reporter: the army has no evidence of that. the tape show talk show has been preserved and may make it tough for cole when she face as jury of her peers. for "today," nick bogart, nbc, chicago. still to come, the search for see area. there's still no sipe of the 15-year-old. we'll have an update.

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good morning to you. looking live at a very interesting shot at the golden state bridge. a little bit of moisture on the lens creating that effect. >> it is not a collide scope but it looks like one. >> thank you for joining us this morning. we can all expect a little bit of that today. the rain that's going to come down, we are looking light to moderate at times, but it is moving at a snail's pace throughout the bay area. right now you can see light rain in san francisco, 40s to low 50s outside. kind of windy, too. i felt it coming down. 680 through the sunol grade, gusty near fremont.

we'll see the winds 15 to 30 miles per hour this afternoon. speaking of the rain, you can see it heading into marin county. we did see some near oakland and near the south bay. not a whole lot happening yet, but i do want to point out the santa cruz mountains. the moisture is coming up from the south during the day. those will be the locations that see the biggest rainfall out of the system moving to southern california later on this afternoon and into sunday. so the second half of the weekend we'll see cooler kechs and probably showers wrapping up the weekend. through lunchtime, you can see the rain draped over the bay area. notice it is not going anywhere. the front is going to stall out during the day and we'll see more showers. so the weekend, keep the umbrella handy. and hold on to it. gusty at times throughout the day today. >> thank you very much, rob. the search for a missing morgan hill teenager enters its second week of family and friends hoping she comes home soon. last night friends held a vigil

at fremont washington high school where she attended school last year before moving to morgan hill. her friends are praying she will come home soon and they are trying to help find her any way they can. last night some of them wore t-shirts with the twitter #findsierra. >> we are trying to get it to trend on twitter. the more people that know about it the better. because we are not going to give up. we are just going to keep fighting until we find her. >> yesterday fbi agents set up a check point in morgan hill near the bus stop where sierra supposedly went missing. agents stopped drivers to see if they saw anything unusual in the area a week ago yesterday. lamar's mother now believes the clothing found folded needily inside her daughter's purse discovered in a nearby field are, in fact, the same ones she had on when she left friday morning. two men are in the hospital after a huge brawl at a napa golf club around 1:00 last

night. the club was hosting a private party that got out of demand the parking lot. several fights broke out and at least two men were stabbed. they were taken on to the hospital. deputies say there were 300 people at the party. they interviewed witnesses but so far have arrested no one. if you've ever thought about buying a roller coaster, here's your chance. the santa cruz roller coaster the hurricane is up for sale sale. it has been part of the park for two decades. the price tag is $500,000. by the way, shipping and handling is not included. rob has a huge backyard, maybe he'll take it. see you back here in 30 minutes.

we're back on a saturday morning, march 24th, 2012. we've had a stretch of warm weather here in the big apple. bill will be here in just a few minutes with your weekend forecast. we want to thank our great group of people for coming out to spend part of their weekend with us. it's still kind of nice out there. i don't see any winter coats. that's good news. back inside the studio, i'm amy along with lester holt. >> for the first time the night of the shooting we're hearing zimmerm

zimmerman's voice in a voice mail message he left for a neighbor. >> then we're going to switch gears. we're going to talk about body issues. both men and women have hard team dealing with them, especially as you age. one woman put it out there. she took tasteful nude photos of herself 20 years apart. find out those images and how the changes she saw in her body changed her life. >> then later on, every wonder what it's like to work for queen elizabeth, wonder no more. >> that's right. the queen is looking for a new butler. if you think the job is just dusting tiaras and serving tea, think again. how about the fact that the royal family has to put out an ad? >> i was flank shocked about the salary, which we'll tell you about later on. not as much as i thought. we want to begin this half hour with the search of a teenager. nbc's kristin dahlgren is live

outside see rare's house in morgan hill, california. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's hard to imagine what sierra's family is going through. this is the eighth morning they'll be waking out without her. last night hundreds came out to pray for the teen's safe return, but they say those that knew sierra say if it was at all in her control would never have them suffer like this. at a california high school friday night, friends and family of sierra raised candles and held onto hope that after being gone for a week, the 15-year-old would come home. >> we'll keep on going until you're home again. >> reporter: on friday morning exactly one week after the teen was last seen leaving her home, drivers were stopped in her quiet neighborhood, asked if anyone had seen anything suspicious. >> it would have been between about and 7:20. >> reporter: on friday afternoon the fbi again searched sierra's

home and backyard for any clues. searchers have already found the teen's cell phone, apparently tossed on the side of a road, a bag with the clothes police think she was wearing found later a little further down the road. >> it's information that the detectives can feel, not determine why these clothes were neatly folded inside the bag, but that is specifically how the clothes were found, neatly folded inside the bag. >> reporter: investigators have questioned registered sex offenders in the air a ya and while sierra's father is also a registered sex offender, authorities have emphasized he's not a person of interest. the fbi has combed through neighbors' houses while dog teams and volunteers have canvassed nearby fields and abandoned buildings, but after a week of searching, there's been no sign of sierra. >> this is really a blind search. we have no information that would lead us to a particular area. we just don't have anything concrete that we can go on,

which really unfortunately makes us look more toward strangers. >> reporter: for that family, they remember a fun-loving smiling sierra, who loving cheerleading and dance and that she would have no reason to run away. they hope she somehow knows they won't give up the search. >> please find it in your heart to release her. i just want her back. >> reporter: and another huge search is planning for this morning. her family does plan to participate. investigators say, lester, they're once again expanding their search radius around the house. clint van zandt is an nbc analyst and former fbi profiler. it's good to see you. >> thank you, lester. >> yesterday they searched sierra's backyard and appeared to take things from her parents' home. after a week, what would prompt them to go back there and

continue the search? >> you have to establish that the victim actually left her home. we know there was supposedly a text message that morning but she never appeared aet the bus stop, she was never seen by anybody, apparently standing out on the screen waiting for that bus, so we have to account for the period, the last time she was known to be in her house and bring that ford. the fbi is trying to establish did anything happen before she got to the road, before she got to the bus stop. >> it's not that there aren't clues in the case but it's puzzling. let's talk about the bag the police found. it contained clothes belonging to siea but that they were neatly folded. >> they have to consider a two-track investigation. track number one is that she disappear of he own volition. look. there are 2,000 children

reported missing in the united states every day, so we have to consider a runaway. but number two, was she kidnapped when you find her backpack and find her clothes neatly folded. put yourself in the mind of a kidnapper. if you pull her from hur bus sop, you pull her away, the backpack was found with the clothes neatly folded. this is either a red herring authorities e the believe something else or it's another explanation. the police still haven't figured it out. >> i hear you there, but there was a cell phone found a mile aw away. teenaged girls are not separated from their cell phones voluntarily. >> there's always two ways to look at it. where i come from, number one,

the kidnapper could have writtened the phone out of her hand and threw it out of the window doe so she couldn't call and the authorities couldn't follow the pings fro n cell towers. number two, if you want to make yourself look like you disappeared, you get rid of the thing that we believe teenagers and everybody else would hold onto. i in essence, the cell phone. if we find it thrown away, it should be obvious she was kicked out. the authorities have to be very careful not to go down run road or the other, kidnapped or a runaway, until they find out for sure which is the right road. >> we'll continue to monitor the story and hope for a good outcome. clint van zandt. thanks for your time. time for bill and a check of the weather. >> the west coast, it's raining a little fbit. that's where some of the rain is going to be this weekend. looks like california is going to be the foggy spot. especially northern california into the san francisco bay area. eventually through the weekend this storm is going to shift to

the south and onshore. possibly as far south down to san diego. tomorrow you could deal with wet weather. we're watching strong storms on the east coast, the mid-atlantic. still an isolated case well, you just heardit, one of the wetter spots around the country happening here in the california bay area this morning. you can see we have areas of mainly light rain there in the santa cruz mountains and across the peninsula right henow. you can see the way the moisture is moving south to north. this is going to be a cold front or a from system that moves at a snail's pace today. we'll see rain developing through the day, breezy conditions with highs in the 50s today. tomorrow, probably a little bit of the same before things dry out towards the evening. monday into early tuesday looks dry. then more rain midweek. >> overall the weekend forecast not shaping up too bad. >> bill, thanks very much. up next on "today," body images. a woman took this photo of herself 20 years ago. 20 years ago she took the photo

again. coming up, what she learned about herself. and move over facebook, we'll talk about a newmedi soci medi site that's taking the webbie storm, but first these messages. doers. here's to more saturdays in the sun. and budgets better spent. here's to turning rookies into experts, and shoppers into savers. here's to picking up. trading up. mixing it up. to well-earned muddy boots and a lot more spring per dollar. more saving. more doing. that the power of the home depot. break t the gardening gloves. miracle-gro garden soil is now 3 bags for 10 bucks. ar k] [gam eei ins m faedy atba ls abawoodscirpls since i was a kid. [ mike ] i always wondered how did an airplane get in the air. at ge aviation, we build jet engines. we lift people up off the ground to 35 thousand feet. these engines are built by hand with very precise assembly techniques. [ mike ] it's gonna fly people around the world.

safely and better than it's ever done before. it would be a real treat to hear this monster fire up. [ jaronda ] i think a lot of people, when they look at a jet engine, they see a big hunk of metal. but when i look at it, i see seth, mark, tom, and people like that who work on engines every day. [ tom ] i would love to see this thing fly. [ kareem ] it's a dream, honestly. there it is. oh, wow. that's so cool! yeah, that was awesome! [ cheering ] [ tom ] i wanna see that again. ♪ a 46-year-old woman from california has confronted body image head on. she recently posted nude photographs of herself taken 20 years ago and then she took the same photos just recently at age 46. those contrasting photographs

she says changed her life. nbc's kristin dahlgren reports. >> reporter: this was shannon bradley at 26. to the world she was a sexy young actress. >> i was told they need someone with big ones to sit out front. >> reporter: but she hated her body. >> i had a boyfriend at the time that was very critical of my body. he was always telling me i had cellulite, which was a sin, and that was unattractive. >> reporter: so she decided to see herself through different eyes in a professional art nude photo session. >> i went into the room. i whipped my robe off really fast like let's get this over with. >> reporter: when she saw herself, her self-esteem skyrocketed. >> i was just blown away. i thought my body was beautiful. i didn't see any cellulite. i saw that i could eat a little more. >> reporter: she tucked the photos away and got married and had two daughters.

in a series of recent blogs picked up by the huffingtop post, shannon worried again about being fat. >> i had been nitpicking myself about ten pounds i wanted to lose for the last five years so one day i pulled my old one out. it was hard because i thought i had a lot more flaws, and after that, i thought, i need to do this again. it's been 20 years, 20 pounds, and two kids. maybe the same thing will happen for me this time that happened the last time. >> reporter: photographer rob grier suggested recreating the 20-year-old nudes. >> when she came in the door, she was pretty much -- pretty confident. maybe a couple days later i receive an e-mail that said basically delete everything, i hate all of the photos. >> reporter: but in a stunning reversal moments later her husband said she looked beautiful. i guess i'm still in shock at how different my body looks from

what it used to be. >> now when you see them side by side, what do you think? >> reporter: it's kind of fully now. i realized i filled out to. be a healthy woman in her 40s you're not supposed to look like you looked when you're 20. >> reporter: what does your message send to other women that you've gotten out of this? >> reporter: i would say love the body you have now. if you can love and embrace the body you have now no matter what age and size, you're going to be kind to it. >> reporter: the naked truth developed over two decades of photographs. for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. with me now gail and hair yet. i know we're constantly inundated with images of glamorous super skinny women at all ages. what do these photos that we just saw, do they do anything for us? do they change the way beauty can be represented? >> well, i think, she's not 15,

which is what most of the models are these days 15rks to 20 air brushed. even in her original photos she was older than most models. the thing is in her images she looks so similar, there's very little difference, so i think most of us would say i'd love to look like that right now. >> it's one of those things where you see the pictures and think she didn't change that much. look how thin and beautiful she looks without being too fad. we can look at that and say, are you kidding me. >> which goeses to show it's the way you feel about your body and it's all about perfection and actually most women are happy with their bodies. even in their 40s, 50s, they're happy. so i would say if in your mind's eye you feel good about your body, wonderful. stop comparing yourself to an ideal we have here, which is not realistic for one. i don't even know that you need to go out and take photos. i would not --

>> i think ignorance is bliss sometimes. >> exactly. if you feel good, studying yourself is not the aunt dote. and the emphasis should be on other things besides just your waist or your behind, but, you know, your thoughts, your feelings, what kind of person you are. >> beauty is as beauty does. hair yet, what's the takeaway from this? >> be the body you are now. your body is the temple of your soul. do you want to take care of it. looking backward never really works. whatever you were back then is not what you are now but you have so much more to bring to your life. >> is it okay to mourn about the body we once had or the skin we used to have? >> yes, thing it is because the fact is that aging is about acquiring many things and losing something. obviously as we age, we move toward mortality. we know that at a certain level

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peninsula. you saw it near the golden gate bridge and now it is starting to make the climb over highway 17 and approaching the south bay. you can see how the moisture is coming up out of the south and is moving in slow motion today. we'll see periods of rain today, breezy conditions, and our temperatures here, you'll notice hour by hour, with the clouds spilling in, not warming up a whole lot today. lunchtime, 40s to low 50s. and finishing off the day in the lower 50s. welcome to the first weekend of spring. feeling like winter this weekend. maybe a little dryer late tomorrow and as we head into monday and start the new week. >> all right. thank you very much, rob. friends and family paid tribute last night to a san francisco family found dead inside their home. the family of five was found dead yesterday morning. police say three asian women and two asian men were found inside the home on house street across from city college. some of them suffered gunshot wounds. neighbors said they heard something strange the night before. >> some very angry, agitated

kind of -- i don't know that it was actually even english, but it sounded like a muffled older person. >> last night a group of men arrived at that home to perform a chinese ritual for the dead burning insense and paper money. police have not said if the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide but they are not looking for any suspects. u.c. berkeley police would have been justified using pepper spray to break up a group of cal protesters according to a new roup. the u.c. berkeley police were criticized for using batons to break up propesters at the plaza in november. the ucla assistant police chief was called in to review the police action. in the report released yesterday he said police acted properly and suggested officers would have used more force including pepper spray to break up the crowd. the author says his report will be controversial but he stands by his findings. the giants had a rough go

last night as buster posey gave the fans quite a scare. he was behind the plate after the hard-hit last year to end his season with a broken leg and torn ankle ligament. last night against the rangers the ball goes up the middle with a play to the plate. mitch moreland is safe. posey played well in front of the plate. the giants were down 4-0. brent pell goes east to west for a home run. that's the giants only run. the rangers beat the giants 4-1. coming up this morning on "today in the bay," the search for sierra lamar. more local news coming up for you in 30 minutes. all the news coming up at 7:00. anything not moving forward is moving backward. [ tires screech ] [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the 2013 gs. with the lexus enform app suite, the most connected information and communication technology available in an automobile.

[ tires screeching ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. welcome back to "today" on a saturday morn welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. it's the 24th day of march, 2012. nice crowd out here. nice spring break crowd with us on the plaza. hello to friends and family back home. great to have them and you at home as well on this saturday morning. outside on the plaza, i'm lester holt with amy robach. coming up, we continue to follow the trayvon martin investigation. >> that's right. we're hearing now from the lawyer of the gunman in the case of george zimmerman and the lawyer is talking about what he's advising his client now that he's become the center of the storm.

we'll have the latest in a live report. >> then another big case in florida we've been following the last several weeks involving a wealthy figure in the world of polo. he's been convicted in a drunk driving case that left a young man dead. the jury took just five hours to reach their verdict. one of those jurors will join us live to talk about the evidence that tilted the case toward a guilty verdict coming up. >> all right. then there's a help wanted sign outside of buckingham palace. to get this royal resume builder, you need a friendly disposition and the ability to be discreet. sounds simple. but you might change your mind when you hear the rest of the job description. we're live at buckingham palace with the details. >> i'm picturing the queen on craigslist in front of the computer. >> how can i get this? i need a butler. how do you find good help? >> the nose knows. we'll look at the scent of a store impacts how long you stay there and how much money you spend. a lot coming up. let's get more of the headlines.

darlene rodriguez from w nbc has made it from across the street. >> thank you, lester. amy. murder charges have been filed against the u.s. soldier accused of killing 17 civilians in afghanistan. nbc's john yang is in fort leavenworth, kansas where robert bales is being held. good morning john. >> reporter: good morning, darlene. the details of the charge sheets are brutal and blunt. 17 charges of premeditated murder. four men, four women, nine children. six charges of attempted murder, including four children. staff sergeant robert bales has read the charges in his detention cell in fort leavenworth. he's not likely to see a trial any time soon the way the military justice system works. it could be months. maybe more than a year before he goes to trial. all court proceedings or future

proceedings are scheduled outside seattle. that's bales' home base. he's likely to be moved there eventually. it would put him closer to his wife. darlene? >> nbc's john yang, thank you very much, john. monday on today, staff sergeant robert bales' wife will speak out for the first time since charges have been brought against her husband in an exclusive interview with matt lauer. soldiers and police clash with angry soccer fans today in a suez canal city. at least one person was killed. the latest violence is over the suspension of their club following a deadly riot last month. pope benedict is on a pilgrimage to the new world. nbc is in mexico. how is the pope being received this morning? >> reporter: darlene, good morning to you from mexico where the pope was received like a justin bieber kind of enthusiasm

here in mexico. the second most catholic country in the world. he arrived yesterday after a 14-hour flight. the first time the pope visits a spanish-speaking nation in his time as pope. he is going to stay here through monday morning. as a matter of fact, later today, just behind me, he is going to meet with the president of mexico and then on sunday, a mass where 650,000 people are expected. then it's on to cuba, darlene. >> jose diaz ba lard, thank you very much, jose. at least 100 searchers are fanning out in maine in a new effort to find signs of a missing toddler who has been missing since december 17th from her father's home. they're focusing on places previously covered by snow. people in the louisville, kentucky, area are cleaning up from the damage friday afternoon. the national weather service says the tornado was 50 yards wide.

debris is scattered across this neighborhood. that's the news. we now head back to bill on the plaza for a look at the weather. well, good morning, good morning everyone. it is spring break week out here on the plaza. we've had a lot of senior trips. i don't know if we've had smarter than these kids near fremont. senior class trip. they have the "today" show logo on them. your mom did this? >> yeah. she came up with the design. >> very good mom. good pr for us too. we showed you the pictures of the tornadoes in illinois and a few others in mississippi. slight risk of severe storms along the carolina coastline, southern virginia. i don't think we'll have a lot of tornadoes. mostly large hail and damaging winds. we're going to be dealing with damp weather and speaking of that, we have mainly light rain now approaching the coast right

around the peninsula near the north bay in marin county. you can see the rain dropping near los gatos and dropping into the south bay. i think a lot of the rain will be on the ocean-facing side of the santa cruz mountains. they are getting most of the system. it is moving pretty slowly today, so we'll see rain increasing across the bay area and sticking around with scattered showers by sunday afternoon. monday looks dryer. then more rain rolls in late on tuesday. >> all in all, it looks like a all in all, looks like a lot of beautiful weather this weekend. back to you, lester. >> bill, thanks. now to the trayvon martin investigation. there are new developments regarding the man who shot and killed the unarmed teenager. ron allen is in sanford, florida for us. ron, good morning. >> good morning, lester. there's an attorney speaking out for george zimmerman, he still insists that he fired and killed trayvon martin in self-defense. more supporters and friends much

zimmerman will soon be speaking out to tell his side of the story. >> on local television news, attorney craig sohner said zimmerman is feeling a lot of stress, well aware of the outrage across the nation. the demands for his arrest by martin's ma'am fi and legions of supporters. >> i am. >> the attorney says zimmerman, who remains in hiding also is very much aware of death threats. >> i have advised him to stay out of the public eye as much as he can. i can't say to where he is, because i don't know. >> he said zimmerman's nose was broken and the back of his head injury. wounds he suffered when the unarmed teenager, trayvon martina tacked him. in a sign of the escalating tension here, police arrested a man for allegedly e-mailing a threat to kill sanford police chief bill lee that said "coming after you." >> i must temporarily remove myself. >> lee has temporarily stepped down under pressure for not

arresting zimmerman. >> a team of special prosecutors just appointed by florida's governor started a new independent investigation into what happened between the teenager and the neighborhood watchman. >> we're looking at it with completely fresh eyes. >> while zimmerman's attorney launches a public defense, the quiet remains silent except for this message left on a telephone answering machine played for date line sunday by one of the accused's neighbors. >> i wanted to thank you for doing everything you've been doing. i know you don't have to and i appreciate it. i'll talk to you soon. thank. >> in that interview, the attorney went to great lengths to say that zimmerman is not a racist and that the incident had nothing to do with the color of martin's skin. contrary to what many believe, he also said that police have confiscated the gun that was used to shoot and kill trayvon

martin. >> thanks very much. on thursday, the reverend al sharpton led a rally in sanford where thousands called for justice for trayvon martin. he's also the host of msnbc's politics nation and joins us now. reverend sharpton, great to have you here condolences, i know you lost your mother this week. i wanted to share my condolences with you as you continue to work this case. a special prosecutor has now been brought into this case. is the system now working? >> well, it's a step in the right direction. i think where the system broke down is by not arresting zimmerman on probable cause, and that is still broken. the family and the attorney who i've been involved with from the beginning, they've been very clear that all they want is what would ordinarily happen. you have a man that killed someone, you have a tape that says he was pursuing that individual. individual was not pursuing him. you arrest him and of course, a judge and jury decide whether in

fact, his excuses or his claims of self-defense is valid or not. >> the police said in this case that physical evidence, the wounds that zimmerman suffered suggested that perhaps he was the one who attacked. two sides of the story but only one person can tell their side. do you accept the fact that prosecutors, grand jury may look at this and ultimately not indict. >> the first one. the police could not look at those wounds and say that, given they had 911 tapes where sdpl zimmerman said i'm pursuing him and he went away anyway. why wouldn't the wounds come from zimmerman pursuing him and the guy not knowing who he was. >> he was not wearing iek as a neighborhood watch person. >> he's not a certified watch person, not even registered. you're right, he wasn't identify. if somebody walked to me, it would be trayvon, the young man,

the kid who defended himself. here's a guy walking up to him, 70 feet from where he stands from his own place where he legitimately was at and asking him and you responded. how do i become the one that's attacking and i'm being attacked and interrupted by an unregistered guy to question where i'm supposed to be. >> president obama spoke out yesterday. he noted that if he had a son, he would look like trayvon. i know what he meant there. >> i think that -- the president has sensitivity on many cases in situations. i think he waited until the justice department said from no one can even say that this will interfere with the process and express himself when asked a question as the president. i think what he said is touching to the family as they said. i think it was important to the country. the country is in an uproar because of how the case it handled. >> is there a risk when the

president is speaking out, you have thousands and thousands of people moved which there and wanting to take action, a risk that the case's notoriety might do more harm than good to the process? >> i think that the harm is when people have inequity. given the fact i think that most people would have said their opinion but there wouldn't have been an outrage that there's already an unfair process. i think because of that, it has energized where we are now. this is why the chief had to temporary., even as that's why there's a special prosecutor. >> reverend sharpton, thanks for coming up. we'll talk a break and be back with more after these messages.

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help ensure they get the best possible candidate. imagine being able to say to your friends, want to come back to my place? >> you can't say what happens at your place, right? it's all secretive. >> reporter: that's right. you've got to keep it secret. >> lester, back to you. it's the latest online craze everyone is talk about, a bulletin board site called pintrest. joel garcia has details. >> reporter: a new darling has arrived. this is pinterest. >> it's grown faster than any website that's come before it. it's faster than facebook or twitter. it's like overnight suddenly

everybody from your grandmother to your boss is on it. >> reporter: it's not about updating your hour by hour status but your favorite things. you can find and pin anything, fashion day, recipes and wedding day inspiration. >> women love to browse and women love to share the things they find with friends r stumble upon things you love, follow them for updates and if users find your boards inspiring, watch the followers fly. since its 2010 launch pinterest has attracted more than those on google+, linked in and youtube combined. >> this is a site that since it began, which was really a year and a half ago, it's grown 50% almost every single month. >> reporter: with all the interest it begs the question,

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university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig, i'm committed to making a difference and i am a phoenix. good saturday morning to you. looking live at downtown san jose. and not raining quite yet, but breezy out there to start the day. thank you so much for joining us. i'm chris sanchez along with rob mayetta. the weather system you're seeing go this way, it is going this way. >> it is stalling. we are watching it move south to north and it will be slowing throughout the day today. we have breezy conditions as you mentioned through the santa clara valley with rain eventually moving in. highest totals will be near the coastal hills. one to three inches in the santa cruz mountains.

inland, not as much. we get this pattern south to north sitting near the marin headlands into marin county. you can see rain getting into san francisco down to pacifica and the half-moon bay side of the coastline. highway 17 is starting to see the rain. look how slowly this is moving. this is going to stick around during the day today. increasing the rain. eventually reaching the inland valleys through midday today with cool temperatures. highs in the low 50s. by tomorrow, most of this is going to swing through southern california, so we'll see a chance of scattered showers. and then trending dryer come monday and tuesday as we get the new week started. thank you very much, rob. the search for a missing morgan hill girl is entering its second week as family and friends continue to hope she will come home soon. last night friends and family of sierra lamar held a vigil at fremont washington high school where she attended high school last year before she moved to morgan hill. her friends say they are praying she comes home soon and they are trying to help any way that they can.

last night some of them wore t-shirts with this saying, #find sierra. >> we are not going to give up. we are just going to keep fighting until we find her. >> yesterday fbi agents set up a check point near the bus stop where sierra reportedly went missing. they stopped drivers to see if they saw anything unusual in the area. her clothes were discovered in a field and were the clothes she had on when she left last friday morning. a huge brawl at a golf courthouse happened overnight at 11:00. the golf club was hosting a private party that got out of hand in the parking lot. deputies say several fights broke out and at least two men were stabbed. they were taken to the hospital. one of them by helicopter. deputies say there were at least

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we're back on this saturday morning, march 24, 2012. it's a beautiful morning on the plaza. we want to thank everybody for stopping by to share with us this first day of spring. i'm amy robach along with lester holt. still to come, the florida millionaire. >> he was accused of slamming his car into another vehicle, knocking it into the canal, killing the driver. we're going to tell you what the jury decide and we're going to talk with one juror on how they reached their decision. all right. and when you go shopping, have you ever been drawn into a store

because of the way it smells? retailers are increasingly using scents to lure shoppers inside. we're going to tell you how a pleasant-smelling store can get you to stay in there longer and spend more money. >> i swear some coffee places have me saying, i've got to go inside. as we mentioned, spring has sprung, but does your backyard still look a little bit like winter? we're going to show you some simple projects to give your backyard a face lift, ways to add color. that's coming up. first how about another check of weather from bill. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. you are looking sharp, young man. happy 13th birthday. >> thank you. >> what are you doing on your big 13? [ inaudible ] >> i guess you're running the show. can you give me a tip of the hat? very nice. let's talk about your weekend forecast. beautiful weather in the middle of the country. we're watching for a chance of severe storms today in the

carolinas. texas could have record heat. maybe record highs sneaking boo colorado. denver, you're going to be toasty. wet weather today and tomorrow in california. from san jose to fresno. that shifts downward down the coast as we go throughout your sunday afternoon. i'll tell you what, if you're in the middle of the country, what a g and the radar starting to fill in with more and more green, especially near marin county heading up to the north bay and the ross valley. same story for san francisco south towards half-moon bay. the south bay still kind of dry. it will take time for this to slowly move across the bay area going throughout the morning. so we are calling for light, steady to moderate rain at times. heaviest at the santa cruz mountains and the hill tops. tomorrow, range changing to showers during the afternoon. turning drying getting into monday morning. i want to say hi to one of my good friends.

>> there's always within out of three. >> that's right. we love new york. we're having a great time in new york. >> say hello to the cherry blossoms. you can get the weather at weather.com. back inside. now to the trial of a florida millionaire accused of dui manslaughter. he made headlines for legally adopting his adult girlfriend. after two weeks of trial he was convicted. >> we, the jury find as follows. >> reporter: florida polo tycoon john goodman had a blank face friday afternoon. the jury deliberated for 5 1/2 hours and convicted him of dui manslaughter and vehicular homicide. for lily wilson, the tears of justice come two years after goodman ran a stop sign, slamming his bentley into her son's car. >> i'm always going to miss my son.

he was so wonderful. i will always cherish the memories. >> caller: the collision sent scott wilson's car into a canal. it landed upside down in the water where the 23-year-old eventually drowned. goodman testified he was dazed from the crash and could not recall if he had looked in the canal. >> after the accident, what's the first thing you remember? >> coming to and trying to, you know, assess where i was. >> reporter: almost an hour would pass before goodman called authorities. he claimed his cell phone was dead, but when he did find a phone, he first called his girlfriend who he later adopted as his daughter. only after that call did he dial 911. >> yes, i just had a wreck. >> reporter: during the two-week trial goodman blamed the wreck on a malfunction of his $200,000 bentley. prosecutors said he was simply drunk behind the wheel and left scott wilson to die. >> he blew through the stop sign

and hit this young man who was going home to his family, pushed the car into the canal and simply walked away. >> reporter: a toxicologist testified that goodman's blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. prosecutors pointed to his own bar tab pointing to 41 drinks and shots. goodman claims he was buying drinks for friends and had only three himself. the jury didn't buy it. >> it was a complete rejection of the jury in this case. >> reporter: they didn't comment but later said they will appeal. in the meantime the 48-year-old mill year mogul will be in jail awaiting sentencing next month. >> joining us is juror dennis de martin and msnbc contributor karen desoto. good morning to both of you. >> i want to begin with you.

what ultimately led to your decision, was it one or many? >> there were several. they said he had many drinks but it was only proven he had three or four and then there were some drugs in his system chi e-mail not sure what they were. they were striebed by a doctor. but the thing that was con vising to vis i vincing to us, that this place he went to after, there was no proof that he was there, nobody could substance yat it. we knew he had the drinks, at least three or four, and he had the accident drinking, not before the accident and not after the accident. >> and, dennis, how did goodman appear in court? was he anxious? what was his demeanor like?

>> he was very nervous and moving around. it got to the point i was feeling sorry for him at that point but i had to remember he had his problem, but the family that lost their son also had theirs too. so it had me thinking for a little bit. the first one when we went to deliberate was myself and one other gentleman. we didn't decide yet. we had to get some more evidence, and we went to ask the judge to play all the 911 tapes over again, and after coming back -- >> there was a lot of news about goodman adopting his girlfriend to possibly hide his money, hide his assets, protect them. did that play in any way in the jurors' minds? >> i didn't know anything about that at the time. what stuck in my mind was the

day that his girlfriend said she became his steady after the accident, i wondered why she said that there. i thought maybe he was going to marry her so she couldn't talk against him. that's just what went through my mind. no facts or anything. but that was in my mind. but then i seen later on possibly because when the girl that said she had kissed him the night before, maybe his girlfriend was thinking i didn't want him to -- >> karen, he was found guilty of dui manslaughter and vehicular homicide. both had charges of failing to render aid. >> right. >> why do those words make it different? >> because it's the difference

between first and second degree. florida has hot standards when it comes to manslaughter and dui, and this person can wind up serving the same sentence as somebody for premed date tated murder. >> he's look aket 11 to 30 years behind bars. what's going to be taken into consideration? >> there's a mandatory minimum so there's not much he can take into consideration, however, this is his first case with the criminal justice system. there's no intent here. he didn't mean to kill the person. obviously that's always in the back of a judge's head when he's doing something for this, unbelievably 30 years is really extraordinary. >> what did you make of the position to put goodman on the stand. a lot of times you don't see the defendants for a lot of reasons take the stand. >> i am a trial attorney. the rule of thumb is you never, ever, ever, ever put your client on the stand. you do if it's the only thing left you can do, if you feel

he's going to lose anyway, put him on the stand and hopefully you prep him good enough that he comes across as articulate. but at this point, the jury didn't believe him any more. >> what did you thing of his testimony when he took the stand? >> i personally thought it was a mistake to put him on. he was so mixed up in his talking and everything, that i was even feeling sorry that he was up there, but i knew i couldn't make it a factor. >> all right. dennis de-martin, we appreciate your time and karen desoto. thank you. and weer ooh back right after this. two. three. one. two. and, three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, earn more cash back for the things you buy most. 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% cash back on groceries. 3% back on gas. automatically.

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this morning on "today's" consumer. >> consumer correspondent janice lieberman is here to explain. >> the next time you head to the mall take a deep breath to smell what we mean. store owners hope a sweet bouquet makes you want to linger

so they can wake up and smell the profits. certain products have always been best known by their scent, but what about shoes, motorcycles, and sunglasses? solstice sun glass stores bring in the smell of coconut. >> gives you the feeling that you arrived at the beach. >> nine west is starting to romance their customers with the aroma of mandarin and rose buds. it's a marketing technique. >> they identify, they linger longer and they buy. >> reporter: i followed my nose to this lab where one of the largest scent marketing companies comes up with unique ways to brand products. >> we recently came up with a small for a well known motorcycle store. sun and sky, dirt. >> dirt.

>> dirt smells like something. >> reporter: at casinos like t bellagio and mgm grand you might detect notes of lavender and sage. >> smells like a westin. >> reporter: they'll smell that. >> i thought fall opened ouptown first floor. >> reporter: to demonstrate how it works, they asked us for a list of words that best capture the "today" show. we chose bresh, bright, timely, and family. scent designers say fresh might be citrus notes, bright, floral, family, a warm amber aroma. >> we as human beings are capable of smelling over 10,000 different scents. >> reporter: it's a trend that's growing ke spite the economic downturn. the idea is to keep the new customers the recession brought

in. >> when i go to a store, if it smells bad, i don't go in. >> reporter: the organization is out to change that. everybody loves apple pie, mom's apple pie. >> reporter: so is this the trend of the moment or will the smell linger. retailers cashing in on the sweet smell of success. retail namts say it's a trend that's here to say partially because it works on men and women, which is kind of interesting. you say you have a much better smell. >> and it's a curse because then you smell all the bad smells too. >> true. >> i'm now smelling our "today" show scent. you have the machine here. if i had not seen the machine, i wouldn't have have said anything. but it does feel -- >> i would have thought it with us the perfume you were wearing. >> fresh, optimistic, bright new day, that's what we asked them

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this morning on do more with spring today one simple product that can beautify your backyard. the sun is coming back and if you're looking how to clean up a drab backyard, you can do it in a couple hours and to show you don't need a green thumb to do it, we sent our sara haines out to find out. >> we spent all winter indoors and are coming outdoors. this is probably how most yards look after winter. what are some of the things that we can, join know, make this a happier yard. >> the simple thing you can do is create a simple path. it's a simple project. ite gates right here. it leads to the steps but it doesn't look good. >> i don't know where you found me because yardwork is not on my top 100 yards but i'm ready to go to work. >> fantastic.

let's do it. the first thing you would do is mark off exactly where the path is going to do. you can use a rope or a water house to outline where it's going to go. you can use red chalk. >> red pepper here, red pepper there. we've traced our path. what's the next step? >> the next step is to actually remove the sod. >> is that code for shoveling? >> put your back into it. let's utilize something i can bring to the table. it's the magic of television. >> magic. >> that's happening. do you want to see it? >> yes, i would love to see it. >> how easy is that. i told you it was easy.

you make sure any weeds left in here aren't going to come back. so we want to spray this with some weed killer. once you've done that, you can put weed block fabric down. >> look at that. >> you can add all sorts of things. we're using pavers today. >> this is like legos. >> one more stone, one more paver, and we are done. what do you -- where did she go? sara? >> yeah. it looks great. awesome job, mike. >> now we're going to fill in, color between the line. slice into the bag, not in into my thigh. >> okay. so are we done? >> we have one more stem, kind of tamp it down to make sure

it's level. >> this is going to take forever. i think we need to call in reinforcement. >> i think that's a good idea. so now we're done. >> now we're done. we have completely finished our soft path and done it in a day. >> clearly we can because i just did. >> exactly. >> okay. that's great. now, we're done, but what about these guys? >> they seem to be having such fun, thing we should leave them at it. what do you think? >> way to th there. all right. we'll be back, but first these messages. doers. here's to more saturdays in the sun. and budgets better spent. here's to turning rookies into experts, and shoppers into savers. here's to picking up. trading up. mixing it up. to well-earned muddy boots and a lot more spring per dollar.

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